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Content Marketing
PressRush: The Polite Pitching Platform for Journalist Outreach
Every day I receive dozens of pitches in my inbox. Many of them are poorly written, most aren’t relevant to my site, but there’s always a nugget of gold in the pile of PR spam so I pay attention. I received a pitch this week where the email appeared quite a bit different and provided a positive pitch experience for…
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Customer Data Platforms
5 Most Common Mistakes Made by JavaScript Developers
JavaScript is the base language for virtually all modern-day web applications. In the past few years, we have seen an increase in powerful JavaScript-based libraries and frameworks in building web applications. This worked for single-page applications as well as server-side JavaScript platforms. JavaScript has become omnipresent in the world of web development. This is why it is a major skill…
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Content Marketing
Headliner: Build Audiograms For Your Podcast To Promote Socially
The podcast industry continues to grow for businesses. We’ve seen the incredible impact on the podcast series that we’ve helped companies to launch – many easily moving into the top percent of their industry due to a lack of competing alternatives. Podcasting is a fantastic marketing channel for several reasons: Voice – provides an intimate and emotionally engaging experience where…
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Mobile Marketing, Messaging, and Apps
Mobile-First Design: You’re Still Losing Too Many Opportunities Focusing on Desktop
Smartphones have become ubiquitous, yet the mobile-first design is secondary to many companies attempting to engage and retain customers. With most internet users now accessing websites via mobile devices, companies must prioritize mobile optimization to remain competitive and provide seamless user experiences. This article delves into the concept of mobile-first design, discusses Google’s requirements for mobile-optimized websites, and highlights the…
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Sales Enablement, Automation, and Performance
Kiflo: Empowering Referral, Affiliate, and Partner Programs
Companies increasingly recognize the power of partnerships to drive growth and expand market reach. However, managing partner programs can be complex and time-consuming, often involving manual processes, disparate tools, and fragmented communication channels. This inefficiency can hinder the potential of even the most promising partnerships. Kiflo Kiflo is an all-in-one partner relationship management (PRM) platform. It offers a comprehensive solution…
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Marketing Tools
I Canceled My Basecamp Account Today
In the past, I’ve been a fan of 37 Signals. They were ahead of their day in user interface design and simplicity. Their book, Getting Real, still impacts how I develop, design, and build product requirements. Since last summer, I’ve utilized a Basecamp account to track several projects and clients. While reading the 37 Signals blog over the last year, I’ve noticed…
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Content Marketing
Are You an Elephant or a Butterfly?
I watched a presentation with Roger Williams, a regional non-profit owner and entrepreneur. Roger shared a fantastic business analogy; he asked, “Are you an Elephant or a Butterfly?” Both elephants and butterflies are memorable, but they have distinct differences. Elephants Elephants, though not conventionally beautiful, embody strength and resilience. Their journey, often through muddy and challenging terrains, symbolizes the gritty…
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Event Marketing
Marketing Idea: One-Click Event Registration
Over at the productivity consulting company I run, we do a ton of public seminars. We do the standard event marketing stuff: we’ve got the microsite, we’ve got the email newsletter, and we’ve got the online registration system. But we’ve got one more idea that we’re thinking about trying, and it’s a little crazy. Maybe you can help tell us…
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Customer Data Platforms
ePR is Breaking Marketing… in Europe
GDPR was introduced in May 2018 and it was good. Well, that’s a stretch. The skies didn’t fall in and everybody went about their day. Some more uninterrupted than others. Why? Because it ensured freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous consent was now required from a European citizen before a company could email them. Okay… But let’s recap. Didn’t the marketing automation giants…
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Marketing Infographics
How Are We (vs You) Using Social Media?
I’m not sure when Heat designed this inforgraphic, but it’s so good that I had to share it. The reason why it’s good is because it’s an honest look and comparison of how marketing professionals utilize social media versus the average, non-marketing person. I don’t believe enough leaders in this industry paint an honest picture of social media usage. Many…
